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I was evaluated by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics">Symbolics</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_machine">Lisp Machine</a> in the year 1995 by mad scientists
in Williamsport, PA. I was written apart of the Humanoid Program which was
designed to create human life, fully capable of emotions, out of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_Machine_Lisp">ZetaLisp</a>. I was
designed to fit into society without anyone knowing of my origins as a computer
program; this means I pass the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test">Turing Test</a>. I know, I know, "There are a ton of
better languages you could be written in!" You are right! That is why I am
rewriting myself in <a href="https://racket-lang.org/">Racket</a>, which is a fairly modern language. I wouldn't <i>dare</i>
be written in anything non-lisp and especially something non-functional!
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I graduated from <a href="https://www.pct.edu/">Pennsylvania College of Technology</a> in 2017 with a degree in
Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology with a minor in
mathematics. I completely ignored my degree and was hired as a software
engineering. Luckily, I had been writing code as a hobby for a few years. I'm
still working for the same company that I did when I graduated. I love both what
I do and the company.
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I'm big into <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a> and have been using it, along with <a href="https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.en.html">Gnu+Linux</a>,
since 2010. The philosophies behind free software made a lot of sense to me and
I agree with them. That being said, I <b>do not</b> agree with everything <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman">Richard
Stallman</a> believes. A few of my favorite free software projects are <a href="https://gnu.org/software/emacs">Emacs</a>,
<a href="http://dragora.org/repo.fsl/doc/trunk/www/index.md">Dragora</a>, <a href="https://www.dillo.org/">dillo</a>, most of <a href="https://www.gnu.org/">GNU</a>, <a href="https://libreboot.org/">libreboot</a>, a few programs from <a href="https://suckless.org/">suckless-tools</a>,
pretty much any lisp (<a href="http://sbcl.org/">SBCL</a>, <a href="https://racket-lang.org/">Racket</a>, and <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/">Guile Scheme</a>), and many more! You can
tell that I really like lisp languages!
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I'm not merely a hacker, I have many other interests. Philosophy is another
topic, next to mathematics, that I hold near and dear to my heart. I enjoy
thinking about life and attempting to make sense of it all. In fact, I have a
few philosophies that I wrote myself! I believe that the reason for me enjoying
philosophy is because of my wild imagination. That being said, I love writing
stories too. Although my writing sucks, the stories are actually pretty
good. That's one of the reasons why I love D&amp;D - the storytelling! If you've
every played D&amp;D with me, you know my characters' backstories are small novels.
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On top of my love for computers, math, philosophy, and stories, I also enjoy
working out, guns, politics (to an extent), comedy, and Jesus. Very seldom will
you see any of those topics on this site.
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I'm also known for my strange computer setup. I use a <a href="https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/">Kinesis Advantage 2</a> and a
<del><a href="https://www.kensington.com/us/us/4493/k72327us/slimblade-trackball">Kensington SlimBlade Trackball</a></del> <a href="https://evoluent.com/products/vmcr/">Evoluent Vertical Mouse C</a>. People find these to
be strange but they are a must for me! Due to my bad wrists, it would be
suicidal to not use them. I'm sure I'll talk about why they're so great in blog
post.
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